| [PHOTOGRAPHY] UNDERDOWN, Phil. Grassland. [Stoneridge, NY: Muroff-Kotler Visual Arts Gallery, 2010]. 16mo. Hardbound in photo-illustrated boards. First edition. Limited to 50 numbered copies signed by Underdown. Each photo is a double-page spread, and each is an original print. Original photo tipped inside front cover. Issued on the occasion of an exhibition. As new. JB-14876 | |
| UPDIKE, John. Bech is Back. NY: Knopf, 1982. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Signed by the author. Fine. SKB-10550 | |
| UPTON, Charles. Panic Grass. [SF]: City Lights, [1968]. 18mo. Pamphlet. Second printing. Number 24 in the Pocket Poets Series. Fine. SKB-4324 | |
| URQUHART, Jane. The Underpainter. [Toronto]: McClelland & Stewart, [1997]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. As new. SKB-5659 | |
| [ART: Pablo Picasso] UTLEY, Gertje R. & PICASSO, Pablo. Picasso: The Communist Years. New Haven: Yale University Press, [2000]. Small 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Very fine. SKB-14952 | |
| [PHOTOGRAPHY] VADUKUL, Max. Photographs by Max Vadukul. NY: Callaway, 2000. Folio. Softbound (no cloth issued). First edition. As new in publisher's printed cardboard wrapper. JB-10479 | |
| [BEATS] VAN DOREN, Maime. Color lobby card from the 1959 Beat exploitation film, The Beat Generation starring Maime Van Doren. n.p.:n.p., [1959]. Shows a scene from the film with beatniks playing bongos and guitars in a Beat coffee house. Fine (slight ripple to bottom). SKB-1834 | |
| [BEATS] VAN DOREN, Maime. Full size (1-sheet) color poster for the 1959 Beat exploitation film, The Beat Generation starring Steve Cochran and Mamie Van Doren. n.p.:n.p., [1959]. Features a huge, beret-wearing, bearded beatnik face, next to which is scantilly-clad Mamie Van Doren. In bold, jazzy letters: "THE BEAT GENERATION." At the top, an illustration of Louis Armstrong playing in a Beat jazz club. "Behind The Weird 'Way-Out' World of the BEATNIKS!" An unusually nice copy (folded as issued). SKB-1883 | |
| [AFRICAN-AMERICAN] VAN VECHTEN, Carl & WELDON, JOHNSON, James. God's Trombones. NY: United Artists, 1959. LP record in fold-out jacket. Liner notes by Carl Van Vechten. Johnson's poems interpreted by Harold Scott backed by The Montclair Gospel Chorale. Inscribed by Carl Van Vechten and signed by Harold Scott on the front cover (also inscribed by an unidentified person involved with the production). Fine. SKB-12442 | |
| VANGELISTI, Paul. For Sandro Martini. n.p.: Kala Institute, 1987. Broadside poem. First edition. Signed by the author. Fine. SKB-9397 | |
| VANGELISTI, Paul. Parade. n.p.: Red Hill Press, 1987. Small broadside poem. First separate edition. Composed by the author on the occasion of Ronald Reagan's inauguration. Initialed by the author. Fine. SKB-14840 | |
| [CONCRETE] VASARELY, Victor. Untitled Op-Art print. [Edinburgh, Scotland]: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1966. Op-Art print consisting of two parts: a paper image with an intricate geometric pattern printed in black on white, and another sheet of clear vinyl with the same image printed in white so that moving the vinyl over the paper creates endless variations. One of the most visually exciting items published by Ian Hamilton Finlay's press. First edition. Couple of short edge-tears, else near fine (22.5" x 17.5"). SKB-14992 | |
| VASSI, Marco. The Saline Solution. [NY]: Olympia Press, [1971]. First edition of this Paperback Original. An erotic novel. As new (tiny remainder stamp to bottom edge). SKB-185 | |
| [ART] VASULKA, Steina & Woody. Machine Media. SF: Museum of Modern Art, [1996]. Oblong 8vo. Softbound. First edition. Profusely illustrated with color photographs. Includes supplementary texts, chronology, bibliography, etc. Issued in conjunction with their exhibition at the San Franciso Museum of Modern Art. Fine. SKB-15117 | |
| [ROCK] VEGA, Suzanne. Suxanne Vega World Tour '87. n.p.:n.p., [1987]. Tour book for Vega's first major tour. Illustrated with photographs. Fine. SKB-10356 | |
| [ROCK] VEGA, Suzanne. The Passionate Eye: The Collected Writings of Suzanne Vega. [NY]: Avon, [1999]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Signed by Vega. As new. SKB-5987 | |
| [PHOTOGRAPHY] VENTURE, Daniel. Daniel Venture. Buenos Aires: Feria de Arte de Buenos Aires, 1992. Pamphlet. First edition. Exhibition catalog illustrated with photographs. Bilingual Spanish-English text. Near fine. SKB-15104 | |
| [ARCHITECTURE] VENTURI, Robert, BROWN, Denise Scott, & IZENOUR, Steven. Learning from Las Vegas. [Cambridge: M.I.T. Press, 1972]. Folio. Hardbound in cloth-covered boards with a photographic plate affixed to the front board, issued in printed glassine dust jacket. First edition. Landmark study of modern architecture profusely illustrated throughout with photographs and diagrams. Bump to top of spine and bottom corner of front board, few spots of foxing to top edge, else near fine in slightly used dust jacket with a chip to top of spine and some wrinkling to the glassine. (The errata slip is present.) SKB-14785 | |
| [PHOTOGRAPHY] VENZAGO, Alberto. Voodoo: Mounted by the Gods. Munich: Prestel, [2003]. 4to. Hardbound in photo-illustrated boards. First edition. Introduction by Wim Wenders. Fabulous behind-the-scenes photos of voodoo ceremonies and practitioners. As new. JB-12743 | |
| VIETNAM. Flyer announcing a "March Against Death" to take place in Washington, D.C. n.p.:n.p., [1969]. Single sheet folded to make four pages. Cover photo of graves with rifles as grave markers. Describes the "fall offensive to end the war in Vietnam." Issued by the New Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam, 1969. Fine (old vertical center crease). SKB-7267 | |
| VIETNAM. Flyer announcing a march against the war in Vietnam to take place in N.Y.C. n.p.:n.p., [1969]. Single sheet folded to make four pages. Issued by the New Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam, 1969. Fine. SKB-7266 | |
| VIETNAM. Flyer announcing a march against the war in Vietnam to take place in N.Y.C. n.p.:n.p., [1969]. Single sheet folded to make four pages. Cover photo of an American soldier carrying a wounded child. Issued by the Fifth Avenue Vietnam Peace Parade Committee, 1969. Old center crease, else fine. SKB-7269 | |
| VIETNAM. Handbill titled: "What Five Military Leaders Say About Vietnam." Issued by Clergy and Laymen Concerned About Vietnam, ca. 1968. n.p.:n.p., [1968]. Prints antiwar quotes by various Generals. Stapled to this handbill is another handbill proclaiming: "Bishop Sheen Calls For Peace." Fine. The pair: SKB-7066 | |
| VIETNAM. In South Vietnam: U. S. Biggest Operation Foiled. Hanoi: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1967. Pamphlet. First edition. English-language anti-American propaganda published in Hanoi during the Vietnam war. Near fine (bookstore stamp to back cover). SKB-13757 | |
| VIETNAM. Napalm: Made in U.S.A. NY: Citizen's Campaign Against Napalm, 1966. Pamphlet. First edition. A scathing critique of Dow chemical calling for a boycott of their products. Old center crease, else fine. SKB-7270 | |
| VIETNAM. Poster announcing a demonstration in Golden Gate Park: "U.S. Out Of S.E. Asia Now, March And Rally Against The War...'' n.p.:n.p., [1969]. Issued by the Northern California Peace Action Coalition in San Francisco, ca. 1969. Printed in yellow, red, and green with an illustration of a dove. Fine (22" x 17"). SKB-310 | |
| VIETNAM. Poster announcing a rally in Los Angeles: "Stop the Bombing! Out Now!'' n.p.:n.p., [1969]. Issued in L.A. by the Student Mobilization Committe to End the War. Illustration of a plane dropping bombs. Printed in black and red on green stock. Some slight rippling from moisture, else fine (13" x 10"). SKB-10187 | |
| VIETNAM. Programme of Action of the Neo Lao Haksat. n.p.: Editions of the Neo Lao Haksat, ca. 1965. Softbound. First edition. A history of the Laotian people's struggle against U. S. imperialism. English-language anti-American propaganda published in Hanoi during the Vietnam war. Illustrated with photos. Near fine (bookstore stamp to back cover). SKB-13756 | |
| VIETNAM. Second Conference of the International Trade Union Committee for Solidarity with the Workers and People of Vietnam Against the U. S. Imperialist Aggressors. Hanoi: Vietnam Federation of Trade Unions, 1965. Softbound. First edition. English-language anti-American propaganda published in Hanoi during the Vietnam war. Illustrated with photographs. Near fine (bookstore stamp to back cover). SKB-13754 | |
| VIETNAM. South Vietnam: Initial Failure of the U. S. Limited War. Hanoi: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1967. Softbound. First edition. English-language anti-American propaganda published in Hanoi during the Vietnam war. Includes a fold-out map. Near fine (bookstore stamp to back cover). SKB-13753 | |
| VIETNAM. The U. S. War of Agression in Vietnam: A Crime Against the Vietnamese People Against Peace and Humanity. Hanoi: Commission for Investigation of War Crimes, 1966. Pamphlet. First edition. English-language anti-American propaganda published in Hanoi during the Vietnam war. Near fine (bookstore stamp to back cover). SKB-13764 | |
| VIETNAM. U. S. Imperialists Burn All Destroy All Kill All Policy in Vietnam. Hanoi: Giai Phong (Liberation) Editions, 1967. Pamphlet. First edition. English-language anti-American propaganda published in Hanoi during the Vietnam war. Sunning to covers, else near fine (bookstore stamp to back cover). SKB-13760 | |
| VIETNAM. Vietnam. [Berkeley: Vietnam Day Committee, 1966]. Pamphlet. First printing. A garthering of articles reprinted from various sources providing a history and critique of the war in Vietnam. Prints Carl Oglesby's "Trapped in the System" among others. Fine. SKB-6052 | |
| VIETNAM. Worthy Daughters and Sons of Lao People. n.p.: Neo Lao Haksat Publications, 1966. Softbound. First edition. A history of the Laotian people's struggle against U. S. imperialism. English-language anti-American propaganda published in Hanoi during the Vietnam war. Illustrated with photos. Near fine (bookstore stamp to back cover). SKB-13766 | |
| [ART] VIOLA, Bill. Bill Viola: Venice Biennale 1995. n.p.: Arizona State University Art Museum, 1995. Softbound. First edition. Catalog of Viola's installations that were part of the United States Pavillion at the 46th Venice Biennale. Profusely illustrated with color photographs. Includes supplementary texts, chronology, etc. Bilingual English-Italian text. Near fine. SKB-15114 | |
| [ROCK] VLIET, Don Van (a.k.a. Captain Beefheart). Riding Some Kind of Unusual Skull Sleigh. NY: Artist Ink, 2003. First edition. One of 1500 numbered copies with an original signed print of a self-portrait by Van Vliet. Also present are two clothbound books, one devoted to color reproductions of Van Vliet's paintings and drawings, the other to lyrics, photos, and items from his personal archive including snapshots, clippings, and sketches. In addition, the set includes a CD featuring a collection of 11 song fragments and poems, recited, whistled, and sung by Don, and a DVD of a short film on him by Anton Corbijn titled Some Yo Yo Stuff. An elaborate production with the items housed in the publisher's clamshell box and slipcase. Includes much material never seen before, a must-have for Captain Beefheart fans. As new in the original mailing carton. SKB-13381 | |
| VOLLMANN, William T. Butterfly Stories. [London]: Andre Deutsch, [1993]. First edition of this Paperback Original (the correct first trade edition of this title). As new. SKB-1821 | |
| VOLLMANN, William T. The Rifles. NY: Viking, 1994. Hardbound in dust jacket. The correct first edition. Volume 6 of Seven Dreams: A Book of North American Landscapes. Signed by the author. As new. SKB-1871 | |
| VOLLMANN, William T. Thirteen Stories and Thirteen Epitaphs. [London]: Andre Deutsch, [1991]. Hardbound in dust jacket. The correct first edition. Only 1000 copies printed. As new. SKB-1736 | |
| VOLLMANN, William T. Whores for Gloria. NY: Pantheon, [1992]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First American edition. Some foxing to page edges, else fine. SKB-9042 | |
| [ART: Andy Warhol] VON HOHENBERG, Christophe, SCHEIPS, Charlie & WARHOL, Andy. Andy Warhol: The Day the Factory Died. [NY: Empire Editions, 2006]. Softbound in stiff covers. First edition. Photos documenting Warhol's celebrity-laden funeral with remembrances of Warhol by fellow artists and others. Very fine. SKB-15089 | |
| VONNEGUT, Kurt, Jr. Slapstick. London: Jonathan Cape, [1976]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First British edition. Fine. SKB-10483 | |
| [VIETNAM] VY, Ton et al. South Vietnam 1954-1965. Hanoi: n.p., 1966. Softbound. First edition. English-language anti-American propaganda published in Hanoi during the Vietnam war. Number 8 in the "Vietnam Studies" series. Illustrated with photos, includes a fold-out map. Near fine (bookstore stamp to back cover). SKB-13755 | |
| [VIETNAM] VY, Ton et al. Vietnam: Fundamental Problems. Hanoi: n.p., 1966. Softbound. First edition. English-language anti-American propaganda published in Hanoi during the Vietnam war. Number 12 in the "Vietnam Studies" series. Illustrated with photos, includes a fold-out map. Near fine (bookstore stamp to back cover). SKB-13752 | |
